たほいや

noun

Fictionary game; dictionary game

A word game where players guess the correct definition of an obscure word from made-up definitions. The name is derived from the Edo-period game たほいや.

• たほいやで遊あそぶときは、辞じ書しょに載のっていない言こと葉ばを選えらぶのがコツだ。

  When playing the dictionary game, the trick is to pick a word that isn't in the dictionary.